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August 10, 2007 Friday Rajab 25, 1428   Organs law draft approved ISLAMABAD, Aug 9: An inter-ministerial committee on Thursday approved the draft of the Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Ordinance of 2007, incorporating federal cabinet’s recommendations.... SC peeps into ISI farm ISLAMABAD, Aug 9: A not-so-secret secret of ISI spilled out in the Supreme Court on Thursday when the apex court took up public interest cases suo motu.... Lawyers thrash Naeem Bukhari RAWALPINDI, Aug 9: Senior lawyer and television compere Naeem Bukhari was beaten up by enraged lawyers at the district courts when he came to attend the legal proceedings of his client before an additional district and sessions judge here on Thursday.... Motions on missing persons disposed of: Matter sub judice, says Balochistan minister QUETTA, Aug 9: Three identical motions pertaining to the missing persons moved by opposition members in the Balochistan Assembly on Thursday were disposed of after the revenue minister said the issue... Govt fails to appoint acting chief justice PESHAWAR, Aug 9: No legal proceedings could take place in the Peshawar High Court on Thursday as the federal government failed to issue a notification for the appointment of an acting... ‘Flawed Kachhi canal to damage 400,000 acres’ DERA GHAZI KHAN, Aug 9: The Daman Bachao Tarla, a non-government organisation, told a press conference on Thursday the “flawed” design of under-construction Kacchi Canal would damage 400,000 acres in south Punjab besides depriving 1.5... Land mafia active in Layyah LAYYAH, Aug 9: Corrupt officials of the local revenue department have illegally allotted the land along the Thal Canal system to landgrabbers having the backing of an influential politician of the area.... Police asked to be vigilant: Threat of suicide attacks LAHORE, Aug 9: The Punjab government has asked the police to prepare a contingency plan in the wake of intelligence reports about suicide/ bomb blasts on the eve of the Independence Day and submit a compliance report by Saturday (tomorrow).... Lawyers to resist state of emergency LAHORE, Aug 9: The Punjab Bar Council and the Lahore High Court Bar Association have criticised reports that the government has been pondering over imposition of emergency in the country, pledging to resist the move tooth and nail.... Zafar for review of policy on US LAHORE, Aug 9: Pakistan Muslim League vice-president Senator SM Zafar has called for a consensus on review of post 9/11 policy towards the US and proposed constitution of an all parties parliamentary committee for the purpose.... ‘PML-N eyes no alliance, or seat adjustment’ LAHORE, Aug 9: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leadership is not in favour of forging any alliance or making seat adjustments with any party for the forthcoming general elections.... Three killed, 25 hurt as rain batters province HYDERABAD, Aug 9: Three people were killed and 25 suffered injuries in rain related incidents in different parts of the province and a canal developed breach as heavy to moderate rains... Girl married in exchange for a buffalo seeks divorce SANGHAR, Aug 9: A teenaged girl who was given in marriage by her father to a man twice her age in exchange for a buffalo seeks divorce six months after the... Police fail to trace burglars ISLAMABAD, Aug 8: Police have failed to trace the burglars who broke into the house of a retired journalist and made off with cash and household articles over one week ago.... NWFP to study Turkish education system PESHAWAR, Aug 9: The NWFP government has agreed to establish a university in Peshawar and model schools in various districts of the province in collaboration with Turkey and a delegation of... Govt asked to convene donors’ conference QUETTA, Aug 9: National Party president Dr Hayee Baloch has urged the federal government to immediately convene an international donors’ conference to raise funds for the rehabilitation of cyclone and flood-hit people in Balochistan.... Six killed over matrimonial dispute SWABI, Aug 9: Six members of a family, including three sisters and their mother, were killed and two others were injured when a group of Afghan refugees opened fire on their house in the Mainai village on Thursday morning.... Spy agency accused of delaying bail QUETTA, Aug 9: Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) chief Nawabzada Talal Akbar Bugti has urged Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry to take action against some officials of an intelligence agency who, he... Man dies in scrap blast PESHAWAR, Aug 9: A man died and four others sustained injuries in an explosion at a scrap godown on Ring Road on Thursday. Shakoor, an Afghan national, who was working in... Incentives for poultry urged LAHORE, Aug 9: The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry has urged Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi to announce a package of incentives for the local poultry industry similar to the one offered to the foreign investors in the sector.... Boy injured in LPG blast dies KASUR, Aug 9: One of the eight victims, who had sustained serious burn injuries on Wednesday’s LPG cylinder blast, succumbed to his injuries on Thursday at Jinnah Hospital, Lahore.... Rs200m for two labour colonies SIALKOT, Aug 9: The Punjab government has approved two labour colonies in Sialkot and allocated Rs200 million for the purpose. Punjab Minister for Industries Muhammad Ajmal Cheema said this while addressing... Strike for the kidnapped DERA GHAZI KHAN, Aug 9: Seraikistan Qaumi Ittehad (SQI) organised a hunger strike camp in Kot Mithan Sharif, some 130 kilometres from here, demanding that the police recover 18 people who... BVH asked to account for ‘overspending’ BAHAWALPUR, Aug 9: The newly-established board of management (BoM) of the Bahawal Victoria Hospital (BVH) on Wednesday took strong exception to what it called unauthorised spending of Rs90 million by the... Govt warned against imposing emergency GUJRANWALA, Aug 9: Lawyers, opposition political leaders and civil society groups warned on Thursday that they would begin a protest movement against the government if it imposes an emergency in the country.... Sialkot claims world soccer score SIALKOT, Aug 9: A Sialkot-based soccer ball manufacturing firm has claimed to have produced the world’s biggest hand-stitched football. The company launched the biggest football at a ceremony on Thursday.... Separate exams for classes 9, 10 GUJRANWALA, Aug 9: The Punjab Boards Chairman Committee (PBCC) has decided that annual examinations of classes 9 and 10 will be held separately from 2008. Gujranwala Board of Intermediate and... SHO remanded in police custody LARKANA, Aug 9: The civil judge of Ratodero on Thursday remanded the SHO of Mouladad police station of Jacobabad in police custody for seven days in compliance the order of the... Protest against power outage NAWABSHAH, Aug 9: Hundreds of residents of Azeem colony, Bhangwar colony and Doulat colony staged a demonstration against unannounced power loadshedding on Sakrand road here Wednesday.... Bomb scare MIRPURKHAS, Aug 9: Thousands of people, participating in a weekly religious congregation at Tablighi Markaz here at ring road, panicked on Thursday night when they received information about presence of a bomb at the premises.... Patients protest MIRPURKHAS, Aug 9: Dozens of patients and their attendants in the surgical ward of Civil Hospital Mirpurkhas staged a demonstration on Thursday to protest power failure.... Man seeks protection from police MIRPURKHAS, Aug 9: A man demanded of the police authorities to provide him protection from the investigation police of Kot Ghulam Mohammad which was threatening him by terming his FIR as false and taking action under section 182 against him....

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